My buddy just got me a Ninja Blender for a present. It is the one that costs like $130 bucks and from what I read I can make a smoothie out of just about anything in that blender.

I am new to the whole homemade smoothie/juicing game, I usually go to smoothie king.

Anyone have any tips or recipes for me? I would like to go Veggie-heavy while still maintaining decent taste with some fruit.

Look at smoothie king recipes, take out any sugary crap...Kale and spinach are great. Doesn't take much fruit to cover the veggie taste. Be careful on adding juice as a base

Yeah I was just goignto go with water as the base. Nice idea on Smoothie King though!

tonight I am trying : Carrot, spinach, avocado, blueberry and raspberry.

Do a google search for "blender girl". Apparently this is a blogger who got famous enough with blender recipes that she now has a book out.

G/f says they are pretty good recipes.

Get kale, broccoli, spinach, lime juice, ice. Now throw out kale, broccoli, spinach, and replace with triple sec and tequila. You can add beet juice but after a night of tequila you may forgot you drank beet juice and could get a bit scared.

Dumb question: Do you have to cook the veggies before making a smoothie out of them?

No. As odb would say...ooh baby I like it raw

Bump! Got a Nutri Ninja for Christmas. Post your best smoothie recipes!

Heb Blendables is much cheaper

The link below has tons of recipes.

http://www.ninjakitchen.com/recipes/search/14/smoothies-and-super-juices/